Chapter 164: Advance and Retreat
The rain was very heavy, and it fell the next day, Pang He saw that the soldiers were not in the right state, and after the heavy rain, they were obviously not in the state, and there was no response from Lu Zhishen's side, let alone any news, maybe he really encountered another team of Guan Sheng on the trail. It's better to go back to Zengtou City to do repairs, and Song Jiang has traveled a long way, after this rain, if it can't be repaired, the impact will be great, if you can seize the opportunity to fight Song Jiang's tired division in a good state, the odds will be great.
Therefore, while Song Jiang had not yet caught up, Pang He hurriedly changed his strategy and let the team move forward at full speed and return to Zengtou City. Song Jiang, who was chasing behind, sighed with admiration: "It turns out that Pang He wants to retreat! Now that he has withdrawn to Zengtou City, should we attack it now, do you have any better ideas?" ”
Guan Sheng said: "We were caught off guard by this rain, I think Pang He's main purpose is to focus on repairing and recuperating before fighting us." Therefore, we have two choices, one is to continue the pursuit, and the other is to cultivate in place. ”
Wu Yong said: "The rain is sudden, and now our state is not very good, so it stands to reason that we must cultivate so as not to cause diseases." Because I'm worried that if they choose to defend and we can't take it for a while, then it's very bad for us. I wonder what you're going to do?"
Qin Ming said: "What are you afraid of, we have a lot of people, and we will destroy them in one go, no, if we send people over Liangshan again, I won't believe it, and we won't be able to win against them." ”
Wu Yong objected: "No, almost all of our people on Liangshan have come, and the rest of Gongsun Sheng is obviously biased towards Chao Gai, he is determined not to help us, as well as Hu Yanzhuo and Yang Zhi and others, they are completely neutral, if they know that we are doing this, they are not willing to come to help us, and the rest are dispensable, basically of little help to us." So, on Liangshan's side, let's not think about it too much, after all, the defense over there is also a must, otherwise we will defeat Zengtou City, and Liangshan will not be able to go back, isn't that bad?"
Guan Sheng said: "That's right, with our current strength, it is a normal thing to want to take down Zengtou City. If we can't even defeat Zengtou City with so many troops now, won't we be made fun of? They have more than us, and they just occupy a favorable location and can get better cultivation. As for us, as long as we take harassment measures, we can completely take away what little advantage they have, so why should they fight us!"
Wu Yongdao: "Their combat effectiveness is not bad, Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, Pang He, Su Ding, plus the five tigers of the Zeng family, are not easy characters to deal with. What's more, Pang He is resourceful and always gives people a sense of unease. ”
Guan Sheng laughed: "Haha, that's because you think too much, you see what Pang He is doing now, in addition to running, he still runs, but in a different way." When he arrived in Zengtou City, where else could he retreat, he had no way out. You've suffered a lot of losses, and that's because you can't fight, and if I had me, you wouldn't have lost like this. In my opinion, let's get close to Zengtou City first, mainly harass, besiege Pang He and them, let me see how long they can hold out?"
Song Jiang asked, "Did you really beat me against them?"
Guan Sheng continued to laugh and said: "What do you think of my martial arts and Lin Chong's, can he beat me? You Liangshan have so many generals, are you still afraid of those few people, I really don't know, how do you do bandits, either worry about this, or fear that, if you don't have the guts, what kind of bandits?"
Guan Sheng's words provoked many people, Li Kui said angrily: "You red-faced monster, why don't you kill Pang He, I can't do it, you are not the same, don't look down on people here!"
Qin Ming said: "What Brother Tie Niu said is, since you look down on us, if you have the ability, you can go on your own, can you use our Liangshan brothers?"
Wang Ying also came to join in the fun: "That is, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, you can do it, give you a chance, and you don't behave well?"
Song Jiang mediated: "Okay, okay, they are all their own brothers, don't quarrel, since Lord Cai has sent Brother Guan here, then we will unite together and defeat our common enemy." If we say that we have a conflict, we in Liangshan will not be able to defeat Zengtou City, but Brother Guan, how can you make a difference? Therefore, we are tied together, we are in the same boat, and we must help each other and understand each other. ”
Wu Yong said: "What Brother Gongming said is that we have a common enemy, don't make trouble unpleasantly for a little thing, in this way, it will only be cheaper Pang He." ”
After Song Jiang and Wu Yong said this, Guan Sheng also knew that his words were wrong, and said: "That's right, our common purpose this time is to eliminate Pang He and raze Zengtou City, but I also hope that you can follow my advice." If we give them enough trimming, it's not good for us. ”
Hua Rong agreed: "At this point, I agree with the Guan Sheng brothers, the reason why Pang He retreated was because he was worried that the soldiers would be too tired, so he would withdraw to Zengtou City, since he was worried about this, then we just didn't as he wanted, continue to pursue, and besiege Zengtou City!"
Wu Yong said: "What you said makes some sense, Brother Gongming, since this is okay, we might as well do it." ”
Guan Sheng was very happy when he heard that Hua Rong supported him, and after getting Hua Rong's affirmation, Wu Yong was also willing to do this, so the matter was basically settled.
As for Song Jiang, seeing that Wu Yong also agreed, of course he wouldn't say that he was unhappy. After all, they still had to rely on them to fight, so they unified the phalanx, and according to what Guan Sheng said, pursued Pang He and besieged Zengtou City.
After Pang He returned to Zengtou City, he immediately arranged rest and disease prevention in order to recover to the best condition.
After only half a day of entering Zengtou City, the spies sent news that Song Jiang's men and horses had approached Zengtou City. Pang He thought to himself: It seems that they are not going to make repairs, in this case, it is better to give some big gifts, let Shi Wengong take the five tigers of the Zeng family and the original guards in Zengtou City, and go to meet Song Jiang for a while, give Song Jiang a little color to see, what about himself, take a small team of people to copy the path, and see what happened over there.
After having an idea, Pang He called Shi Wengong and asked Shi Wengong to take someone to attack Song Jiang, and Shi Wengong happily led his troops over.
Not long after Shi Wengong went out, Pang He and Hu Sanniang entered the trail again.